Students enrolled in a 10 week package for one class may attend any additional class of equivalent value or less for free within their 10 week period. Thus, if a student misses their usual class then they may attend an alternative similar level class. Equally, very keen students may attend classes of similar level or below for free if they wish within the 10 week period they have paid for.

If you miss a class just make it up elsewhere – or do additional classes each week!

This excludes classes at the Letchworth Centre for Healthy Living.

1 hour and 1 ½ hour sessions are classed as beginners level.
2 ½ hour sessions are classed as senior level.
Once beginners have completed the first 15 postures they are eligible for a senior class if they wish – or may continue to attend a beginners class.

Classes may be started at any time.

Class fees are on a 10 week rolling basis due at the first class of the next 10 week period.

Classes are subject to availability, cancelled classes will be rolled over.

Please Note – person to person insurance is required for students attending senior classes and for students participating in partner work or weapons practice. This is a personal responsibility and should be arranged by the student via Eva Koskuba at the CIAA. Telephone: 0118 988 9856 (+44 118 988 9856), e-mail: cia@ciaa.org.uk

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Student Testimonials:

- "Knowing when my posture is bad it reminds me to straighten up, relaxation which can be done at home and also feeling better in my body."

- "I feel more relaxed here."

- "I’d suffered with sciatica for over 10 years and working at a desk bent over a computer screen really didn’t help. I had to have expensive back manipulation and decompression once a month, just to reduce the pain enough for me to function. Tai Chi was suggested to me as something that may help, so I thought “give it a try, what’s the worst that could happen”. By the end of the first month my back pain diminished, and I’ve never needed any treatment since starting.

It worked for me, but I didn’t stop then because I thought, “what else can this do for me?”. I look at Tai Chi as an insurance policy for health and wellbeing as I get older. Don’t believe for one moment that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, or course you can, as an old dog myself I can vouch for that. I’ve been learning Tai Chi for over 4 years and every lesson opens a new door to understanding how I function now, and gives me the tools to become better.

The classes are structured but with no pressure on you and you learn at your own speed. Every teacher I’ve met, including my fellow students, who I also learn from, have been friendly and supportive. People at the classes are not judgemental on how well you perform, because we are all still learning. Every lesson has left me feeling good and given me something to think about for the next week.

The best bit is that you can do Tai Chi whenever you want, where ever you want. When I’m standing in queues, I’m training. Waiting for my wife while shopping, I’m training. Sitting at the desk, I’m training. Taking the dog for a walk, yes I’m still training. Now it’s a part of my life, and in a good way. My posture is much better, I’m steadier on my feet and feel healthy and well-balanced as a person.

If you feel old and want to feel younger, groan getting up or sitting down, or take longer to straighten your back, or you can’t remember the last time you stood upright, or you think that you’re too old to learn anything new, give Tai Chi a go, you will not regret it. There are over 250 million people doing some form of Tai Chi, so give it a try to feel what they feel" - Steve Milsom

- "The other day I ran upstairs like I used to – for the first time in years."

- "My handwriting has improved – my hand used to shake but it is much steadier now."

- "I have had a bad back for years – but it hasn't hurt since I started Tai Chi – and I saved money on a Physio."

- "The classes relieved stress and I am less irritable, just doing the exercise."

- "After a fall years ago, I have developed difficulties with balance and I now walk with a stick. These classes have enormously developed my sense of balance. It follows now that, instead of expecting a near future of less and less mobility, I anticipate to be mobile as long as I live."

- "I feel more relaxed and my posture is better."

- "After doing the class I feel calm and able to cope better with stress."

- "I feel more agile."

- "The classes have taught me to sit, walk and generally hold myself up properly. They have helped to ease tension especially in my back and to relax my body."

- "I am more aware of the correct way to bend, sit and stand and have learned how to control balance."

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